http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwic...down_newcastle_united_tickets_offer_1_2927316 Now don't get me wrong - I completely understand why the club felt this would be a bad move for us as the gulf in potential income means we would lose out by a significant margin opposed to Newcastle who would barely notice the difference, but is it a missed opportunity as it seems like a PR own goal to me - the prospect of an offer further down the line with another club might have evened things up a bit, who knows? It's one of the longest journeys for away fans to make and I just think a compromise could have been found rather than just reject it (although I suppose this may have happened and no compromise was found). What are your views?
Yes but wouldn't it be a nice gesture for our travelling army of fans, especially considering the dross they have been served up (with one or two exceptions), for the past season and a bit. I no longer travel to away games but if I did I would be a bit miffed about this.
I would imagine the real issue is, if Toon fans are getting tickets for £20, how could the club justify charging its own fans more than that! It would probably end up as a very costly exercise!
certainly i'm taking advantage of the club offering free coach travel to the united cup game (although i've not been on 'club cabbage' for a while so it'll probably kill me) but i think there was a similar initiative to the hull game. the club are doing things for away fans but more could be done. to me it all comes down to the ticket pricing - this needs to be cheaper throughout football. people will always make their way to away games by whatever means necessary but people are put off by the match ticket cost imo - i know i am.
as i say, i see why the club don't want to do this particular offer but i was hopeful a compromise could be found.
Spot on. Let me repost what I wrote on the previous thread commenting on this (http://www.not606.com/showthread.ph...s-ban-away-supporters?p=5492136#post5492136): This is nothing more than a PR exercise and unfortunately it has worked. It would have cost our club at least £100k (just on away supporter tickets) and arguably as much as £500k if they had to make commensurate reductions to all supporters' tickets. That's a huge chunk of money compared to the cost of c.£20k for Newcastle, who already have a significantly bigger turnover than us. Given that it would also probably set a precedent for other clubs, we could find ourselves having to agree the same for all 19 home matches, at a cost of £9.5m for the club. Worst case scenario, I know, but it really doesn't make sense - if Newcastle are so fussed, they can pay.
